| Mani Menon | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 9, 1948 in Trichur, Kerala, India |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Director of the Vattikuti Urology Institute, Detroit, MI |
| Spouse | Dr. Shameem Menon |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
| www.drmanimenon.com | |
Mani Menon (born July 9, 1948) in Trichur, India, is an American surgeon and the director of the Vattikuti Urology Institute at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. Menon is widely regarded as a pioneer in the development of robotic surgery techniques for the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.[1][2][3]
In May 2008, Menon received the prestigious B.C. Roy award from the President of India, under the category of "Eminent Medical Person" for his achievements in the fields of urology and robotics.[4] He is profiled in the America’s Top Doctors list and in the International Who's Who in the World in Biology and Medicine. He is currently the symposium director of the International Robotic Urology Symposium.[5]
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A native of Kerala, India, he joined the newly established Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry, India.[1] After graduating in 1969, he completed his residency at the Brady Urological Institute at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Working with the institute’s chairman, Dr. Patrick Walsh, Menon developed a novel technique to measure androgen receptors in the human prostate.[6] At the age of 34, Menon became the chairman of the Urology department at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.[6]
Dr. Menon has published more than 300 papers, 400 poster presentations, 90 book chapters and invited articles[7] mostly in the field of robotic prostatectomy, renal transplantation and urolithiasis. He has been an invited lecturer and guest professor over 70 times at institutions all over the world. His work of research has been published in many urological journals such as the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the American Journal of Physiology, Proceedings of the National Academy, the New England Journal of Medicine and many more.[7]
In 1997, Menon was recruited to become chairman of urology at Henry Ford Hospital in to revive the prostate cancer program. In 2001, Henry Ford Hospital’s urology department would receive a $20 million donation from the Vattikuti foundation.[8] The donation helped establish the Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI) and would allow Menon’s team to explore minimally invasive means of treating prostate cancer.
Menon and the staff at the VUI would develop robotic procedures in general (for example, bladder, kidney cancer) and the prostatectomy in particular.[9] The robotic prostatectomy developed by Menon is called the “Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy”. Specialised laparoscopic instruments are used for the procedure.[9][10] During the operation, images from a 3-D camera are projected to a remote console. The surgeons operates in virtual reality, observing the images on a screen. This technology serves to make the surgery less invasive and more precise. Menon has performed nearly 4,000 robotic prostatectomies[11] and is considered a world authority on the use robotic surgery for prostate cancer.[9]
In his years as Director of VUI, Menon has trained and mentored fellow surgeon, Ashutosh Tewari. To this day, Menon and Tewari collaborate on clinical manuscripts, research abstracts, conference lectures, and other projects. Both surgeons have significantly influenced the field of robotic surgery as it applies to urology, refining patient outcomes as well as boosting the surgical robot industry.[12]
| Year | Honor / Award |
|---|---|
| 1963-1964 | Merit Scholarship, Kerala University |
| 1964-1969 | National Merit Scholarship, India |
| 1981 | Award for Clinical Research - Grayson Carroll Essay Contest, American Urological Association (AUA) Subject: Oxalate Determination of Ion Chromatography |
| 1987 | 1st Prize Resident Essay Contest, New England Section, AUA (sponsor) Subject: Introduction of Neomycin Resistance into Prostatic Epithelial Cells by Gene Transfer |
| 1989 | 1st Prize Resident Essay Contest New England Section, AUA (sponsor) Subject: Experimental Models of Calcium Oxalate Nephrolithiasis |
| 1990 | Gold Cystoscope Award, AUA |
| 1990 | 1st Prize Grayson Carroll Essay Contest, AUA (sponsor) Subject: A New Model of Nephrolithiasis involving tubular dysfunction / injury |
| 1992 | 1st Prize, Grayson Carroll Essay Contest, AUA (sponsor), Subject: Epidermal Growth Factor: receptor binding and effects on the sex accessory organs of sexually mature male mice |
| 1993 | Shusruta Award of Distinction in Urology Indian American Urological Association |
| 1998 | Kidney Care Lifetime Achievement Award Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India |
| 2003 | 1st Prize, Ambrose/Reed Socioeconomic Essay Contest, AUA (sponsor) Subject: Factors responsible for the racial differences in Prostate cancer mortality. |
| 2003 | 1st Prize, ACMI Essay Contest (Clinical Research Category), AUA (sponsor) Subject: A Propensity risk modeling approach to calculate long-term survival probability in men with clinically localized prostate cancer: A case control study stratified by Race, Age & Co-morbidities. |
| 2008 | Dr. B.C. Roy Medical Award Awarded by the President of India "Most Eminent Medical Person" |
Menon has published over 300 papers, 90 book chapters and invited articles mostly in the field of robotic prostatectomy, renal transplantation and urolithiasis.[6] He has been authored / co-authored in 8 of the top 15 most cited articles in robotic prostatectomy.[7] He is the most referenced surgeon in the topic of robotic prostectomy with over 1050 citations.[7] Some of his top referenced publications include[7][13]:
In March 2008, Menon and a surgical team from the Vattikuti Urology Institute entered a joint collaboration with Dr. Herbert Lepor and his team at the Department of Urology at the NYU School of Medicine at New York University.[14] The objective of this collaboration was to expand resident education, patient care and academic exchange between the institutions in the field of urology. Combined initiatives include female urology, oncology, minimally invasive surgery, basic research, and outcome analysis.